Latrik, who remains in custody, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in District Court Tuesday afternoon after a Family Court judge waived his case to adult court proceedings. However, the indictment filing automatically moves the case to 3rd Circuit Court.

On Tuesday, Deputy Prosecutor Sheri Lawson motioned to discharge the District Court case and transfer his $50,000 bail to Circuit Court because the teen had been indicted.

District Court Judge Margaret Masunaga approved the order.

Despite Latrik being an adult, the alleged crime occurred when he was juvenile. Because of that, the case had to first be heard in Family Court where the judge eventually decided to waive jurisdiction.

Lawson said the state decided to proceed with an indictment to expedite the case.

Prosecutors filed multiple charges of sexual assault against the first suspect, Tyron Sigrah, 17, in November after a Family Court judge granted a waiver of jurisdiction to adult court. In November, a District Court judge found there was probable cause during a preliminary hearing to continue the teen’s case to Circuit Court.

Lawson said the option to indict Sigrah was not available to her at the time of his District Court hearing last year. A jury trial was originally scheduled in April, however, defense counsel filed a motion to continue trial and pretrial deadlines.